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Volvo Cars (VOLCARb.ST) said on Tuesday that it will end production of any remaining diesel models by early 2024 as it heads towards becoming an all-electric carmaker. “In a few ...

Hackers who breached casino giants MGM Resorts International (MGM.N) and Caesars Entertainment (CZR.O) in recent weeks also broke into the systems of three other companies in the manufacturing, ...

At factories in Japan’s industrial heartland, Toyota (7203.T) has turned to self-propelled assembly lines, massive die casting and even old-fashioned hand polishing as it aims to make up for ...

Societe Generale’s (SOGN.PA) much-hyped new strategy plans were given a thumbs down by investors on Monday, underscoring uncertainty over European banks as they face a brittle economy. As ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet on Tuesday with the President of the European Council to discuss efforts towards reviving Cyprus talks, while the issue will also be raised by UN ...

Deutsche Bank has partnered with Swiss crypto firm Taurus to provide custody services for institutional clients’ cryptocurrencies and tokenised assets, Taurus said in a statement on Thursday. The partnership means ...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (9988.HK) has told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan it plans to invest $2 billion in Turkey. Michael Evans, president of Alibaba, made the comments in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will participate on Monday, in New York, in the opening segment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit. The political forum on sustainable development takes place on ...

EU-backed scientists are making progress in efforts to give people with impaired motor functions more independence. By Michael Allen In 2009, a former US policeman named Richard Marsh suffered a severe ...

Taiwan’s TSMC (2330.TW), which is making an unprecedented push into chip manufacturing overseas, is taking an increasingly optimistic view of Japan as a production base, two industry sources said, ...

A group of writers including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon sued Meta Platforms (META.O) in San Francisco federal court on Tuesday, accusing the tech giant of misusing their works ...

When Dutch airline KLM launched adverts urging customers to “fly responsibly” and think about the environmental impact before booking a flight, it said it was showing its commitment to a ...

The European Union’s financial services chief said on Wednesday that a draft law to underpin a digital euro should not be rushed out ahead of European elections next June ...

Adobe (ADBE.O), IBM (IBM.N), Nvidia (NVDA.O) and five other firms have signed US President Joe Biden’s voluntary commitments governing artificial intelligence (AI), which require steps such ...

Enterprise software maker Salesforce (CRM.N) on Tuesday launched a generative AI tool that would be available across its suite of apps from instant messaging service Slack to data visualization ...

Unlike other companies that are attempting significant transformations with artificial intelligence, Apple (AAPL.O) is using the emerging technology to improve basic functions in its new gadgets. Without using the ...

China’s Huawei Technologies inked on Wednesday a global patent cross-licensing deal with Xiaomi Inc (1810.HK), according to a statement from Huawei. The deal covers communication technologies including 5G, it ...

By Ken Norman Throughout the history of mankind, the strength and endurance of steel have been highly valued, playing a key role in the development of society, says Stanislav Kondrashov ...

A “national conversation” is needed to assuage public fears that a digital version of the pound would allow the government to spy on them, Bank of England deputy governor designate ...

Global financial regulators and the International Monetary Fund on Thursday set out a roadmap to coordinate measures that stop cryptoassets from undermining macroeconomic and financial stability. Such risks are exacerbated ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Wednesday criticised the Italian government’s proposed tax on windfall bank profits, saying it did not consider lenders’ long-term prospects and could make some ...

Britain’s economy contracted in July at an unexpectedly sharp rate after strikes in hospitals and schools as well as unusually rainy weather weighed on output, according to official figures ...

Australia’s top court on Thursday ruled Qantas Airways (QAN.AX) broke the law by sacking 1,700 ground staff and replacing them with contractors early in the COVID-19 pandemic, reinvigorating public ...

Refiners across the top-importing region of Asia are being forced to adapt buying patterns as the additional output cuts by Saudi Arabia have reduced availability of their preferred medium sour ...